Talking about boris . Well, it hasnt actually really got going yet. So i do think that from today and we had, you know, Robertjenrick And Kemi Badenoch Sort of trying to be nice to each other this morning here in the studio i do think by The End of today theres going to be much more focus on the different candidates and what theyre saying. Some of the very interesting things that Kemi Badenoch has been saying this morning, for good or for ill, and i kind of think once they get into the next few hours and the meat of the contest between all four of them, that they will get more attention. Its a funny thing, though, isnt it . Its not that bitter. I mean, laura, on your programme, you got Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch to try to talk about the ways in which they disagreed. But it really is sort of disagreements in emphasis. You think of Conservative Leadership campaigns, and theyve had quite a few over the last few years, they over the last few years, they became incredibly personal. Ce
You are watchIng bbc news. Lets return to events on the fInal day of the Labour Party Conference In liverpool. In the last 30 mInutes, Health Secretary Wes StreetIng addressed the delegates. He has Insisted he wouldnt Back Down from his claim that The Nhs is broken, despite the bbc reportIng growIng unease about the government passed s messagIng. Lets take a listen to what he said. Governments messagIng. What he said. Governments messi people now expect charges for In ten people now expect charges for nhs care to be Introduced. Ive said it before, ill Say it agaIn, over my dead body. Applause we will always defend our nhs as a public service free at The PoInt of use, so that whenever you fall ill, you never have to worry about the bill. ~ , , you never have to worry about the bill. ~ , ,. , bill. Wes streetIng there. Lets go to the conference bill. Wes streetIng there. Lets go to the conference itself bill. Wes streetIng there. Lets go to the conference itself and bill. Wes streetIn
Sir Keir Starmer will say there is light at the end of the tunnel in the form of faster ecOnomic growth and falling nhs Waiting Lists, but hell warn there are no easy answers. Well bring you full coverage of that as it happens 2pm. The Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has addressed the cOnference in the last Hour And Lisa nandy, the secretary for culture, Media And Sport is expected to speak in about half an hour. So, dOnt anyOne tell me that was a protest. DOnt anyOne tell me that was about immigratiOn, policing or poverty. Plenty of people have strOng views On immigratiOn, crime, On the nhs and more, but they dOnt pick up breaks and throw them at the police. They dOnt set light to buildings with people inside. It was arsOn, it was racism, it was thuggery, it was a crime. Applause and you know it happened because criminals thought they could get away with it. They saw the cracks in the system, the impunity that built up system, the impunity that built up through the tory years, and when t
Of working people. And a Succession Style Battle to decide the air of the Murdoch Empire plays out in court today. President biden has warned the Un General Assembly of the need to prevent a full Scale War in lebanon, as clashes escalate between israel and the militant group hezbollah. In the last few hours the israeli military says it has killed a senior Hezbollah Commander in a strike on beirut. These pictures show the extent of the destruction and the wreckage from the aftermath of that strike. Its led to a Mass Exodus of civilians from their homes, causing gridlock on the roads. Meanwhile hezbollah has fired dozens of rockets towards northern israel. Joining me now is our correspondent in Beirut Anna Foster and our diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams whos in jerusalem. Anna, to you first of All. The second day of this relentless bombardment, give me an idea of what it is like there. What it is like there. Well, at the moment what it is like there. Well, at the moment it what it is
Now on Bbc News, newscast. Newscast. Newscast from the bbc. Newscast. Newscast from the bbc. Hello, its patty in the studio. And its laura in the newsroom in lovely liverpool. Why are you there, he asks . I am here because the Labour Party Conference isjust getting going, which should be for the Labour Party, newly into government after 1a years in the wilderness, a massive Victory Lap with lots of Hugging And Cheering and being genuinely delighted about being in government. However, they have had a very, very difficult week and there are lots of people really worried and wondering what, my goodness, is going on. Could we say that there wasnt really a honeymoon and that actually theyre gathering in conference with the main message being distracted from by some unforced errors . We can absolutely say that without doubt. We can say that labour has ended up with a messy problem about donations to them. About donations to them of freebies of clothes, of Football Tickets, of all sorts of ot